Acheloos () is a former
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in the
Karditsa regional unit,
Thessaly
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,
Greece
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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Argithea, of which it is a municipal unit.
The municipal unit has an area of 87.430 km
2.
It is named after the
Acheloos River
The Achelous (, ''Akhelôios''), also Acheloos, is a river in Epirus (region), Epirus, western Greece. It is long. It formed the boundary between Acarnania and Aetolia of antiquity. It empties into the Ionian Sea. In ancient times its spirit ...
. Population 913 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Vragkiana.
References
Populated places in Karditsa (regional unit)
Argithea
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